mTORC1 Signaling in Brain Endothelial Progenitors Contributes to CCM Pathogenesis
Min W, Qin L, Zhang H, López-Giráldez F, Jiang N, Kim Y, Mohan V, Su M, Murray K, Grutzendler J, Zhou J. mTORC1 Signaling in Brain Endothelial Progenitors Contributes to CCM Pathogenesis. Circulation Research 2024, 135: e94-e113. PMID: 38957991, PMCID: PMC11293987, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.123.324015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCerebral vascular malformationsEndothelial progenitor cellsBlood-brain barrier integritySingle-cell RNA sequencing analysisDisruption of blood-brain barrier integrityBarrier integrityResident endothelial progenitor cellsRNA sequencing analysisTissue immunofluorescence analysisEndothelial cellsEPC clustersStem cell markersFocal neurological deficitsBrain's neurovascular unitMTOR signalingHuman CCM lesionsMTORC1 signalingBlood-brain barrierCapillary endothelial cellsCCM pathogenesisVascular malformationsLesion signaturesNeurological deficitsCell markersClonal expansion